Re: Suspicious Debian 10.0.0 download behaviour.

["Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net>]

Hi,

Rick wrote:
> when I tried to download Debian 10.0.0 via Distrowatch I was surprised to be
> asked for my admin password at the end of the download plus there was
> another window requesting something else.
> [...]
> The original download link from Distrowatch was:
> (1)https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/10.0.0-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-10.0.0-amd64-gnome.iso [cdimage.debian.org]
> This redirected to the following Swedish site:
> (2)https://caesar.ftp.acc.umu.se/debian-cd/10.0.0-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-10.0.0-amd64-cinnamon.iso/ [caesar.ftp.acc.umu.se]

I tested

  wget https://caesar.ftp.acc.umu.se/debian-cd/10.0.0-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-10.0.0-amd64-cinnamon.iso

which asked for no passwords and popped no windows.
So it has to be assumed that your download procedure is to blame.

What operating system did you use for downloading ?
What download tool (web browser) ?

How did you get around the 403 "Forbidden" error when trying to view
  https://distrowatch.com/
by a web browser ?


Have a nice day :)

Thomas